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The document provides an overview of the Hausa alphabet, including both Latin and Arabic scripts, along with their corresponding phonetic representations. It also lists the number of Hausa speakers in various countries, highlighting Nigeria as the country with the largest population of speakers. The total number of Hausa speakers is approximately 72.7 million as of the most recent data.

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Hausa

The document provides an overview of the Hausa alphabet, including both Latin and Arabic scripts, along with their corresponding phonetic representations. It also lists the number of Hausa speakers in various countries, highlighting Nigeria as the country with the largest population of speakers. The total number of Hausa speakers is approximately 72.7 million as of the most recent data.

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Aa Bb Ɓɓ Cc Dd Ɗɗ Ee Ff

[a] [b] [ɓ] [t͡ʃ] [d] [ɗ] [e] [ɸ]

Hh Ii Jj Kk Ƙƙ Ll Mm Nn
[h] [i] [(d)ʒ] [k] [k’] [l] [m] [n]

Rr R̃ r̃ S s Sh sh Tt Ts ts Uu Ww
[ɽ] [r] [s] [ʃ] [t] [(t)sʼ] [u] [w]

Ƴƴ Zz ’
[ʔʲ] [z] [ʔ]
Gg Harshen Hausa
[g] Hausa

Oo Boko Latin alphabet


[o]

Yy
[j]
‫ح‬ ‫ج‬ ‫ث‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ٻ‬ ‫ب‬ ‫أ‬
h j c t ɓ b a
ha k’arami jim ca ta ɓa ba alif da hamza
[h] [d͡ʒ/ʒ] [t͡ʃ] [t] [ɓ/ʔb] [b] [aː]

‫ظ‬ ‫ط‬ ‫ز‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫د‬ ‫خ‬


z ɗ z r z d g
zadi ’da mai hannu zaira ra zal dal ha mai ruwa
[zˁ] [ɗ] [z] [r/ɽ] [z] [d] [ɡ]

‫ص‬ ‫ن‬ ‫م‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ک‬ ‫ق‬ ‫ڟ‬


s n m l k ƙ ts
sodi nun mim lam kaf tsa
[s] [n] [m] [l] [k] [kʼ] [sʼ/t͡sʼ]

‫ه‬ ‫ش‬ ‫س‬ ‫ࢻ\ف‬ ‫غ‬ ‫ع‬ ‫ض‬


h sh s f g ʼ l
ha kuri shin sin fa angai ain lodi
[h] [ʃ] [s] [ɸ] [ɡ] [ʔ] [l]

ࣄ ࣃ ‫ݣ‬ ‫ۑ‬ ‫ی‬ ‫و‬


ƴ y w
ƴa ya waw
[ƙʷ/ƙʲ] [ɡʷ/ɡʲ] [kʷ/kʲ] [ʔʲ] [j] [w]

Vowels

ٜ ُ‫و‬ ُ َ‫ى‬ َ َ‫ا‬ َ


e o/u o/u ī i a a
[e] [oː/uː] [o/u] [iː] [i] [aː] [a]

ْ َ‫ْى‬ َ‫ْو‬ ٰ‫ى‬ٜ


no ai au e
vowel [ai] [au] [eː]
‫عجمي‬
da hamza ʿajamī
Arabic script for Hausa
Country Speakers Date
Nigeria 53,700,000 2018
Niger 15,500,000 2017
Benin 1,056,000 2019
Sudan 740,000 2017
Ghana 565,000 2017
Chad 398,000 2019
Côte d'Ivoire 395,000 2017
Cameroon 312,500 2018
Togo 21,000 2017
Central African Republic 20,000
Congo 10,700 2018
Algeria 8,740 2004
Burkina Faso 500 1991
Total 72,727,440
Sources Ethnologue

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